Word: whitely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Young's Exit In letting Andrew Young go [Aug. 27], the White House lost the best Ambassador to the United Nations in recent memory. For a brief period, he made the U.N. newsworthy, gained some valuable good will in the Third World and rediscovered a weapon that modern diplomacy has forgotten: speaking the truth. Even the diplomats will be sorry...
...result, according to the latest findings of a survey completed Aug. 24 for TIME by the opinion research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly & White Inc. is that for the first time Republican Ronald Reagan is running ahead of Carter as the choice for President. Texan John Connally, though still only the fourth choice of Republicans and independents for the G.O.P. nomination, has closed the gap with Carter, and now trails the President by only four percentage points. Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker finishes in a dead heat with Carter. Both Baker and Reagan would defeat Carter among Southern Protestants...
Carter's ability to deal with the economy. Only 13% could say that they had a lot of confidence that he could handle the energy problem. Just one in ten said he was competent enough to appoint the right people to office. The naming of Hamilton Jordan as White House Chief of Staff caused 30% of those polled to say they thought less of the President for the move, while 37% said it made no difference. Only 18% approved...
...Middle East policies, for his moral fervor, his personal appearance, his personality and such abilities as speaking and bringing people together. Unlike other Presidents who have fallen as low as Carter in the polls, there seems to be little personal animosity directed at the man in the White House...
...White Album, Didion...